Abstract
Abstract The range and variety of the career of Sir Raymond Unwin should be evidence of its permanent significance, but the same diversity has often inhibited a full understanding of his contributions. It has not been well enough realized, for example, that in depending upon Howard, Hinton, Carpenter, Ruskin, and Morris for much of his inspiration, he belonged well within a larger context of British social and artistic thought. World War I also brought on u change in the circumstances of his career, identifying him as an individualistic artist-architect before, and a governmental leader und technician afterward. Nevertheless, consistent themes run through both phases, among them the absolute right of public amenity, the priority of the community as a social ideal over the city as a physical reality, the house as the basis for sound planning because of its importance to family life, and the desirability of separating the concerns of land layout from those of building design. Unlike many of his contemporari...
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